The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT), is getting into the development of a diesel-electric hybrid truck for deliveries and other usages. In fact, it may be the first kind of its kind in the country, according to reports. Wal-Mart is co-developing the truck with ArvinMeritor, an auto component supplier.Both companies joined together for a press release this week to state that they were partnering to develop a dual-mode, diesel-electric drivetrain for a class 8 truck. That is significant because that specific kind of truck is known to be the "workhorse" of the U.S. long-distance trucking industry.
What does this mean? Wal-Mart's foray into "being green" just took another significant step further, as delivering an 18-wheeler drivetrain that works on a combination of diesel and electricity would be a huge impact to the environment, and especially for such a large company like Wal-Mart that probably has more goods hauled in these types of trucks than any other company.
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5-24-2007 @ 2:55PM
joe said...
I think it is great that the worlds largest retailer is showing responsibility for the better of our environment by initiating the use of hybryd trucks for ther delivery and distributions system. hopefully other's will follow their path.